US maps

Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with US maps, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 5 complaints

Dialog covers almost half the screen on mobile Safari; map slow when zoomed out2026-01-26
Too many points hide lights; zooming needed, and the map doesn't center on the area of interest2026-01-26
Can't figure out how to zoom; right-click enters tilt mode that can't be exited without reloading2019-05-31
Confusing, seemingly optional crosswalk signals and mixed lanes make road use hard to understand2019-02-20
Legend hides after two seconds, so the user must keep reopening it; year only appears on hover2012-10-24